Starring the Saint (The Saint TV Series)

Plot
A film's being made about the Saint and the producer, wants him to portray himself... to the annoyance of the contracted leading man. When the producer's murdered, Templar finds out that many of the cast and crew also had good reason to see him out of the picture.

Trivia

 * In a cost-cutting move shared with The Saint: Marcia (1963), Simon investigates the goings-on at Elstree Studios, where this episode was genuinely being filmed.
 * Ivor Dean would go on to play Chief Inspector Claude Teal.

Continuity

 * Jack goes into Stage 1, leans against a ladder and puts a cigarette to his lips. The shot switches to a close-up - whereupon he puts the cigarette in his mouth again.

Miscellaneous

 * Byron's desk calendar shows Monday 9th May (making it either 1960 or 1966), but the "Daily Mail" announcing his murder next day is accurately dated Tuesday June 4th 1963.

Origin
This episode was adapted from the novella "Hollywood" from the 1942 book ''The Saint Goes West".